Zhang Leran, Wang Chaowei, Zhang Chenchu, Xue Yuhang, Ye Zhaohui, Xu Liqun, Hu Yanlei, Li Jiawen, Chu Jiaru, Wu Dong
CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Anhui Province Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology and Equipment, Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
Nano Lett. 2024 Feb 28;24(8):2671-2679. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00505. Epub 2024 Feb 20.
The emerging two-photon polymerization (TPP) technique enables high-resolution printing of complex 3D structures, revolutionizing micro/nano additive manufacturing. Various fast scanning and parallel processing strategies have been proposed to promote its efficiency. However, obtaining large numbers of uniform focal spots for parallel high-speed scanning remains challenging, which hampers the realization of higher throughput. We report a TPP printing platform that combines galvanometric mirrors and liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator (LCoS-SLM). By setting the target light field at LCoS-SLM's diffraction center, sufficient energy is acquired to support simultaneous polymerization of over 400 foci. With fast scanning, the maximum printing speed achieves 1.49 × 10 voxels s, surpassing the existing scanning-based TPP methods while maintaining high printing resolution and flexibility. To demonstrate the processing capability, functional 3D microstructure arrays are rapidly fabricated and applied in micro-optics and micro-object manipulation. Our method may expand the prospects of TPP in large-scale micro/nanomanufacturing.
新兴的双光子聚合(TPP)技术能够对复杂的三维结构进行高分辨率打印,彻底改变了微纳增材制造。人们已经提出了各种快速扫描和并行处理策略来提高其效率。然而,要获得大量用于并行高速扫描的均匀焦斑仍然具有挑战性,这阻碍了更高产量的实现。我们报道了一种结合振镜和硅基液晶空间光调制器(LCoS-SLM)的TPP打印平台。通过将目标光场设置在LCoS-SLM的衍射中心,可获得足够的能量来支持400多个焦点的同时聚合。通过快速扫描,最大打印速度达到1.49×10体素/秒,在保持高打印分辨率和灵活性的同时,超过了现有的基于扫描的TPP方法。为了展示处理能力,快速制造了功能性三维微结构阵列,并将其应用于微光学和微物体操纵。我们的方法可能会拓展TPP在大规模微纳制造中的应用前景。